CIS271 - Network Installation and Configuration

Welcome to Networking Capstone

Returned Assignments

Assignments:

May 10 2020, 11:30 pm

Look Around

Welcome to Networking Installation and Configuration. This is the capstone course
for the Computer Networking degree from CIS. Everything that you need to know about
this course is on this site. This includes policies, assignments, quizzes, etc.
Look around and get to know it well.

This course will also make use of eLearning.
Please make sure you visit it regularly.

Notices

Course Changes

Due to the coronavirus, life has changed for us all. Courses at Bristol are
changing as well. Please make sure to check your BristolCC email as I will
be using it for class communication. Also make sure to check eLearning,
accessBCC, www.bristolcc.edu and this website on a regular basis.
Posted: March 29, 2020.

Ultimate Guide to VPN Encryption

An article titled OpenVPN vs IKEv2 vs PPTP vs L2TP/IPSec vs SSTP - Ultimate Guide to VPN Encryption Written by Douglas Crawford begins by saying
"A Virtual Private Network (VPN) encrypts all data as it travels between your computer and a VPN server. In this Complete VPN Encryption Guide, we take a detailed look at what encryption is, and how it is used in VPN connections.Perhaps most importantly, we will explain the array of encryption terms used by VPN services"
Click on the link above to read the entire article.

Linux Distros

"Here we look at five major Linux distributions from the developer’s point of view and how they shape up to meet a developer’s needs. All of these are major, mainline projects, with years if not decades of user support and development behind them. There’s little risk in making any of them the basis for one’s development environment.

That said, each of these distros—Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, CentOS, and OpenSuse—has different strengths and weaknesses, and each balances the needs for flexibility, ease, and stability in its own way. Depending on the balance you seek, you will undoubtedly be drawn to some more than others."

DistroWatch.com
is a site that lists links to BSD and just about every Linux distribution. But more it also tracks specific packages used by BSD or Linux.

Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching

For Bristol students, on February 14, 2019 the Microsoft Imagine web store was officially renamed to Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching. Software that was previously available from Microsoft Imagine has been moved and is now available on this new web site. At this time, anyone with a bristolcc.edu email address can sign into MS Azure Dev Tools for Teaching.
An announcement has been posted on the
cisweb home page about the new change. In addition, the links on the
cisweb software tab
have been update. Once there, click on the "Help" button for more instructions for signing into Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching and downloading software.

Routers - Free

VyoS
is an option for use as a firewall for your network. The Vyos website reads as follows:

VyOS is an open source network operating system that can be installed on physical hardware or a virtual machine on your own server, or a cloud platform. ... VyOS is more similar to traditional hardware routers, with a focus on comprehensive support for advanced routing features such as dynamic routing protocols and command line interface. However, we do not neglect other features such as VPN and firewalls.

pfSense
is another option for use as a firewall for your network. The pfSense website reads as follows:

The pfSense project is a free network firewall distribution, based on the FreeBSD operating system with a custom kernel and including third party free software packages for additional functionality. pfSense software, with the help of the package system, is able to provide the same functionality or more of common commercial firewalls, without any of the artificial limitations.

DHS Security Alert to DNS Hijacking Attacks

In his article, The DHS issues security alert about recent DNS hijacking attacks,
Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day begins with "
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published today an "emergency directive" that contains guidance in regards to a recent report detailing a wave of DNS hijacking incidents perpetrated out of Iran."
Click on the link above to read the entire article.

IPv6 in the News

The last batch of 5 /8 address blocks were allocated in February 2011 to the Regional
Internet Registries. These should be fully consumed by the end of 2011. This event
has caused much news. Here are some links to a few of these stories: